This article has been viewed , times. If you want to keep your hair its blonde color as long as possible, there are a number of methods, both natural and commercial, to help you. If you want to prevent your natural blonde hair from darkening, use a purple shampoo when washing your hair, which will restore its blue tones and prevent brassiness. For a home remedy, mix equal parts pure lemon juice and water. Then, apply it to your hair and sit in the sun for an hour, which will give the lemon juice time to lighten your hair naturally.
Remember to follow up the lemon juice treatment with conditioner, since lemon juice can dry out your hair. You could also install a filter on your shower head, which will reduce your exposure to color-changing chemicals, like iron and chlorine. If your hair is already taking on a brassy tone, purchase a toner from a drug store and apply it at home. Alternatively, visit your hair salon to have it applied professionally.
For tips on how to use camomile tea or hydrogen peroxide to lighten your hair, keep reading! Did this summary help you? Yes No. Log in Social login does not work in incognito and private browsers. Please log in with your username or email to continue. No account yet? Create an account. Edit this Article.
We use cookies to make wikiHow great. By using our site, you agree to our cookie policy. Cookie Settings. Learn why people trust wikiHow. Download Article Explore this Article methods. Tips and Warnings. Related Articles. Article Summary. Method 1. Use purple shampoo. A number of purple shampoos--literally, the shampoo is purple--are available at salons and drugstores, and they work to counteract brassiness in blonde hair.
It results when the blue molecules in hair begin to fade and leave the yellow and orange molecules to shine through more strongly. Purple shampoos work by restoring blue tones to the hair, helping to prevent brassiness. Install a shower head filter. Use a toner. If your hair is taking on a brassy tone, make an appointment at the hair salon to have toner applied or buy toner at a drugstore and apply it yourself.
Get hair wet before going in the pool. Spraying your hair down with tap or filtered water before going in the pool will help prevent it from soaking up chlorine in the pool water.
Use an acidic hair rinse to counteract green tones. If your hair begins to take on a greenish cast after swimming in a pool or because your shower water contains higher levels of copper or chlorine, you can help tone down the green by using an acidic hair rinse.
An acidic hair rinse will remove the buildup left behind by styling products and mineral deposits that can cause changes in your hair color. After shampooing, rinse your hair with the vinegar mixture and let it sit for about 5 minutes. Rinse your hair again and style as usual. Dissolve aspirin tablets in a glass of warm water and rinse your hair with the solution.
Let it sit for minutes, then rinse out the solution. Method 2. Apply lemon juice and sit in the sun. To keep your hair from darkening, mix equal parts pure lemon juice and water or olive oil and spray it into your hair. Sit outside in the sun for about an hour and the lemon will help lighten your hair naturally. Follow the lemon with a conditioning treatment, as lemon juice can be drying to your hair.
Apply hydrogen peroxide and sit in the sun. Like lemon juice, hydrogen peroxide can help lighten hair, particularly when exposed to the sun. Fill a spray bottle with hydrogen peroxide. Spray the peroxide through your hair. Go outside and let your hair dry in the sun. Apply a conditioning treatment afterward, as hydrogen peroxide can be drying to hair. Repeat weekly until you reach your desired shade. Use a camomile tea rinse.
This means people with red hair have more pheomelanin than blondes. Ultimately, the ratio of pheomelanin and eumelanin in your hair is entirely unique for you. It is also somewhat decided by genes. These genes that are involved in melanin production can change a little bit throughout our lifetime thus changing our hair color and tone.
Usually, as we continue to age, the genes that produce eumelanin are more dominant. That is until our hair starts to lose all pigmentation and starts turning gray. So, you will be enjoying a lifetime of dark, vibrant hair until your hair finally starts losing all its pigments. Nothing really can be done about the gray strands unless you color your hair.
Once you do get gray hair, you will want to take good care of it. Try to take care of your hair as much as you can. The more attention you give to it, the longer it will take for your hair to go completely gray. This shampoo is a good one to use, whether you currently have gray, bleached, highlighted, or blond hair.
It deters your hair from becoming a dark or ashy blonde. The shampoo is made with folic acid and green tea extract. It conditions and strengthens your hair. Along with it, we have CoQ10, which protects the hair from environmental factors and damage caused by styling products.
It also becomes coarser with age. Why does this happen? People usually have a mix of these pigments in their hair, although usually one is the dominant one. Black eumelanin and pheomelanin are usually expressed fully from birth, which explains babies born with black or red hair. Babies born with blonde hair have little, if any black eumelanin.
Blonde babies could however have brown eumelanin. People with genes that code predominantly for brown eumelanin are the ones whose hair is most likely to darken with age. This is because although they have the genes coding for brown eumelanin production from birth, these genes are not expressed to their full potential in early life. This means that a baby could be born a blonde or a redhead depending on the amount of pheomelanin , but with age, brown eumelanin starts to be expressed, darkening the hair.
Increasing expression of pigment is linked to increasing coarseness of hair. It is a fact that blondes have softer hair than brunettes. The onset of brown eumelanin expression may be linked to the increased production of hormones towards puberty.
Whilst it is hypothesized that there is a strong link between hair colour darkening and hormone levels, I have not yet found the answer explaining exactly how this works in my research. Related Products. Note: This site is working in affiliation with Amazon. If you like a product that was recommended anywhere on this website, please consider buying these products via the links on this site, to help keep this website running.
This is a question that always puzzled me, the same thing happened to myself. My hair was, for most of my young life, very blond, and slowly became a light brown.
Yeah it is very odd and intriguing. I am 15 currently and my hair is auburn but it has a lot of dark brown and black but when the sun shines on my hair it goes redder for a little while. My hair as a toddler was strawberry blonde Blonde and Ginger but has gradually darkened over the years.
Really interesting to read this. I was born with black hair which quickly turned to bright red hair.
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